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6. What is the mens rea of GBH s.18?

  • Specific intention to cause grievous bodily harm and resist or prevent arrest
  • Intention to cause harm
  • Intention to prevent arrest
  • Recklessness to causing harm

7. What is Arbitration?

  • A form of ADR where the two parties resolve their dispute
  • Something that the Crown Prosecution Service deals with
  • A form of ADR where the parties let a neutral 3rd party make a binding decision
  • An aim of sentencing that protects the public

8. What track is used for disputes of £5,000-£25,000?

  • Large claims track
  • Multi track
  • Fast track
  • Small Claims track

9. What section and act does assault occasioning abh come under?

  • S.47 Offence Against the Person Act 1861
  • S.32 Criminal Justice Act 1972
  • S.39 Offence Against the Person Act 1863
  • S.32 Criminal Justice Act 1988

10. For an indictable offence, where is the plea heard?

  • High Court
  • Crown Court
  • Magistrates Court
  • European Court of Justice

11. When a pre-action protocol letter is submitted, how long does D have to investigate the claim?

  • 8 months
  • 3 months
  • 3 weeks
  • 17 days

12. Which court would be used for property damage up to £25,000

  • High Court
  • County Court
  • Crown Court
  • County Court or High Court (Claimant decides)

13. In Negligence, where did the three part test come from?

  • Ireland
  • Pagett
  • Caparo v Dickman
  • Donoghue v Stevenson

14. What is an example of a mitigating factor?

  • Assaulting a police officer
  • Previous convictions
  • Mental illness
  • Offence committed whilst on bail

15. What does the term 'res ipsa loquitor' mean?

  • On the balance of probabilities
  • Mental element
  • Things speak for themselves
  • Innocent until proven guilty

16. What is the maximum sentence for GBH S.20?

  • Community service
  • 10 years imprisonment
  • 5 years imprisonment
  • Life imprisonment

17. What is the mens rea of battery?

  • Intention or recklessness to cause a fire
  • Intention or recklessness to apply unlawful force
  • Recklessness as to inflicting a wound
  • Intention to kill

18. What is the actus reus of assault?

  • Causing fear of immediate unlawful force
  • To wound someone
  • Resist arrest
  • To steal